100 years of relativity space-time structure : Einstein and beyond

Thanks to Einstein's relativity theories, our notions of space and time underwent profound revisions about a 100 years ago. The resulting interplay between geometry and physics has dominated all of fundamental physics since then. This volume contains contributions from leading researchers, worl...

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Main Author Ashtekar, Abhay
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd 2005
World Scientific
World Scientific Publishing Company
WORLD SCIENTIFIC
World Scientific Publishing
Subjects
Espace et temps
Relativité (Physique)
Relativity (Physics)
SCIENCE
Space and time
Beyond Einstein
General Relativity
Space-time
Year of Physics
Quantum Gravity
Online AccessGet full text
ISBN9812563946
9789812563941
9789812700308
9812700307
9812700986
9789812700988
DOI10.1142/5876

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Table of Contents:
  • 100 years of relativity : space-time structure: Einstein and beyond -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: From Newton to Einstein: paradigm shifts -- Chapter 1: Development of the concepts of space, time and space-time from Newton to Einstein/J. Stachel -- Part II: Einstein's universe: ramifications of general relativity -- Chapter 2: Gravitational billiards, dualities and hidden symmetries/H. Nicolai -- Chapter 3: The nature of spacetime singularities/A. D. Rendall -- Chapter 4: Black holes - an introduction/P. T. Chrusciel -- Chapter 5: The physical basis of black hole astrophysics/R. H. Price -- Chapter 6: Probing space-time through numerical simulations/P. Laguna -- Chapter 7: Understanding our universe: current status and open issues/T. Padmanabhan -- Chapter 8: Was Einstein right? Testing relativity at the centenary/C. M. Will -- Chapter 9: Receiving gravitational waves/P. R. Saulson -- Chapter 10: Relativity in the global positioning system/N. Ashby -- Part III: Beyond Einstein: unifying general relativity with quantum physics -- Chapter 11: Spacetime in semiclassical gravity/L. H. Ford -- Chapter 12: Space time in string theory/T. Banks -- Chapter 13: Quantum geometry and its ramifications/A. Ashtekar -- Chapter 14: Loop quantum cosmology/M. Bojowald -- Chapter 15: Consistent discrete space-time/R. Gambini and J. Pullin -- Chapter 16: Causal sets and the deep structure of spacetime/F. Dowker -- Chapter 17: the twistor approach to space-time structures/R. Penrose -- Index